Dance: The Garry Strathspey

32-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

James B Cosh

Formations:

Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)
Reel of four - on sides (REEL;R4;SIDES;)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.

Steps:

Highland Schottische
Strathspey travel

Notes:

Named after Gary Blair, son of Jimmy Blair, composer of Jigtime Polka.

Published in:

Twenty Two SCD and Two Others [10] *
Twenty Two SCD and One Other [10]
Twelve Scottish Country Dances [10]
Fifteen Scottish Country Dances [10]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [54]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [52]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [68]

Recommended Music:

The Jigtime Polka (Blair, Jimmy & Keenan, George)

Recordings (12): Show tunes

Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 1 (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 52.8]  
Ian Powrie Band Show (Ian Powrie and his Band), track 3 [pace 53.2]
Legends of Scotland - Best of Ian Powrie Band (Ian Powrie and his Band), track 3 [pace 53.2]
Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 4 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 9 [pace 63.5]
Country Dance, Ceilidh Dance (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 9 [pace 63.5]
Bow and Curtsy (Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band), track 3 [pace 55.2]
Down South (Charlie Jemmett and His Band), track 6 [pace 55.2]
The Happy Meeting (The Glendaruel Scottish Dance Band), track 10
Strictly Scottish Volume Two (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 9
Come Forth to the Scottish Country Dance (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 7 [pace 56.8]
Jimmy Shand Favourites (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 4
The Southern Touch (David South and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 57.5]

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